Tri-Counties Bank robbed in Middletown

MIDDLETOWN -- Tri-Counties Bank in Middletown was robbed at approximately 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

According to scanner reports, a white man described as heavy set with a beard and wearing a black hoody, dark-framed glasses with clear lenses entered the bank and handed a teller a note and an envelope. No weapon was seen.

The man exited the bank after receiving some "large bills" and drove away in a gold sedan headed toward Highway 175.

Tri-Counties Bank is located at 21097 Calistoga Road in Middletown, across Highway 29 from Hardesters Market.

The robbery follows just eight days after a suspect with a similar description hit the Westamerica Branch in Middletown.